Dance On!

Stephanie Burridge lectures at LASALLE College of the Arts and Singapore Management University and is the Series Editor for Routledge Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific.Charlotte Svendler Nielsen is Associate Professor and Program Director at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Introduction Section 1: Conversations Conversation 1.1 A conversation about junctions, milestones and thresholds Germaine Acogny and ‘Funmi Adewole with Helmut Vogt translating and contributingConversation 1.2 A life travelling in dance Aida Amirkhanian in conversation with Artsvi BakhchinyanConversation 1.3 Dancing is shape-shifting Elizabeth Cameron Dalman and Michael Keegan-Dolan Conversation 1.4 A conversation about life in dance: A crossing of two paths Henry Danton and Ravenna Tucker WagnonConversation 1.5 The love and kindness of teachers: Reflecting on working with senior Javanese masters Alex Dea conversing with Javanese senior dance artists Rama Sas, S. Ngaliman, Bu Yudanegoro and Bu Tarwa.Conversation 1.6 A life in dance: Collaborating and working together Anca Frankenhaeuser and Patrick Harding-Irmer with Eileen KramerConversation 1.7 The joy of life experience in contemporary dance Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon in conersation with Shirley GibsonConversation 1.8 A sense of place and creating together Antonio Vargas with Stephanie Burridge Section 2: Professional Dance Practice Chapter 2.1 Too old to dance! Says who?: Senior professional dancers defying ageismSonia York-Pryce Chapter 2.2 Creating in the liminal space: connecting pathways of embodied experience.Stephanie Burridge Chapter 2.3 ‘Open Culture’ as practiced by three Singaporean dance pioneersMelissa Quek and Tan Ngiap Heng Chapter 2.4 (K)not in Dance: bodies and dancing as states of becomingGerard M. Samuel Chapter 2.5 Dance, is "who you are; it’s who you are known as"Amy DeanChapter 2.6 A full and creative lifeMary DaviesSection 3: Community Dance Practice and PerformanceChapter 3.1 An idea, a passion, a shot of tequila and a whole lot of loveLiz Lea Chapter 3.2 Still Ripening: evolving a practice through reflection.Gail Hewton Chapter 3.3 From viral hit to vital troupe: the "dancing grannies" of Angthong and their revival of Lakhon Chatri during a pandemicPornrat Damrhung Chapter 3.4 Fine Lines: a dance collective of mature artists - the story so far.Katrina Rank and Jenny Barnett Chapter 3.5 Dance matters: Crows Feet Dance Collective Jan Bolwell Section 4.0: Pedagogy and Recreational Dance PracticeChapter 4.1 Becoming an affirmative community: mature dancers’ experiences in an age-aware contemporary dance classPirkko Markula, Allison Jeffrey, Jennifer Nikolai & Simrit DeolChapter 4.2 From the stage to the next stage – Transitioning from a learner to a teacher: Amala Shankar’s journey Urmimala Sarkar MunsiChapter 4.3 Learning in creative dance: adults and children share the spaceAnn Kipling BrownChapter 4.4 Managing expectations: teaching mature dancers in lutrawita/TasmaniaLesley GrahamChapter 4.5 Traditional apprenticeship in contemporary times – Lim Fei Shen Caren Carino Section 5.0: Dance Therapy and Well-beingChapter 5.1 An examination of the facilitation of dance practice for older adults: a focus group discussion between practitioners working in community settings across New Zealand, Australia and England.Francine Hills and Barbara SnookChapter 5.2 The happiest hour in the week: Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people with dementiaHelle WintherChapter 5.3 Feeling the touch: integrating sensations into dance activities for the elderly with dementia Szu-Ching ChangChapter 5.4 Everyday Waltzes for Active Ageing: a creative intervention for seniors and training programme for eldercare staff Angela Liong Chapter 5.5 WINGSPAN - A seated dance performance Paige Gordon

Bringing together a wealth of perspectives from an array of cultures, Dance On! Dancing through Life is an essential contribution to our knowledge about intergenerational dance. Through in-depth case studies and the flow of conversation, it communicates the vital ways that dancing changes perceptions of what the body can do, regardless of age. Expert practitioners share their experiences and contemplate a future for dance that, freed from the prejudice of ageism, is open to the prodigious possibilities of dancing wise and dancing long. Professor Carol Brown, Choreographer and Head of Dance, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne.Dance On! Dancing through Life is a unique and much needed collection of perspectives on dance for all ages. With this book, the editors, Stephanie Burridge and Charlotte Svendler Nielsen, bring their broad experience, fruitful collaboration on previous editorial work, and passion for social justice in the field of dance to a fruition. The book adds to the literature relevant to dance practitioners, researchers and students of all ages and across diverse dance forms. I warmly recommend this valuable reading to anyone, also beyond the dance field. Professor, Eeva Anttila, Head of Dance Pedagogy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland.